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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: 690, 690s architecture, 690s births, 690s deaths, 690s establishments, 691, 692, 693, 694, 695, 696, 697, 698, 699, Dome of the Rock, Balhae, Seaxwulf, Kahina, Emperor Shang of Tang, The Hanging Church, Dome of the Chain, Quinisext Council, Elfin of Alt Clut, Battle of Carthage, Yakushi-ji, Second Fitna, Sulaym ibn Qays, Sixteenth Council of Toledo, Osred I of Northumbria, Battle of Amioun, List of state leaders in 698, List of state leaders in 691, Battle of Sebastopolis, List of state leaders in 695, List of state leaders in 699, List of state leaders in 697, List of state leaders in 694, Synod of Birr, List of state leaders in 692, List of state leaders in 690, List of state leaders in 693, Battle of Tianmenling, List of state leaders in 696, Angadrisma, Synod of Baccanceld, Hugobert, Chlodulf of Metz, Seventeenth Council of Toledo, Al-Aswad ibn Yazid, Salih Ibn Ashyam Al-Adawi. Excerpt: Balhae (698 - 926) (Bohai in Chinese, in Russian; Korean pronunciation: ) was a Korean kingdom established after the fall of Goguryeo that existed during the North South states period of Korea along with Unified Silla. After Goguryeo's capital and southern territories fell to Unified Silla, Dae Jo-yeong, a former Goguryeo general, whose father was Dae Jung-sang, established Jin (, Zhen in Chinese), later called Balhae. It was a successor state to Goguryeo. Balhae occupied southern parts of Manchuria (Northeast China) and Primorsky Krai, and the northern part of the Korean peninsula. It was defeated by the Khitans in 926, and most of its northern territories were absorbed into the Liao Dynasty while the southern parts were absorbed into Goryeo. The earliest extant recorded mention of Balhae come from the Book of Tang, which was compiled between 941 to 945. Southern Manchuria and northern Korea were previously the territo...